# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号 - English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4231-93/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4231-93/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days respectively specified in those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四条中確定拠出年金法目次の改正規定（「第二十一条」を「第二十一条の三」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三条第三項第七号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第四条第一項第三号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第十九条及び第二十条の改正規定並びに同法第二章第三節中第二十一条の次に二条を加える改正規定並びに附則第八条の規定　平成二十四年一月一日 suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 4 amending the table of contents of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (limited to the part amending "Article 21" to "Article 21-3"), the provisions adding one item after Article 3, paragraph (3), item (vii) of that Act, the provisions adding one item after Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 19 and 20 of that Act, and the provisions adding two Articles after Article 21 in Chapter II, Section 3 of that Act, and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions:January 1, 2012; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二から四まで** 略 suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 Omitted machine translation, not official **五** 第四条中確定拠出年金法目次の改正規定（「第七十三条」を「第七十三条・第七十三条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三条第一項の改正規定、同条第三項第六号の改正規定、同号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第四条第一項第二号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第九条第一項、第十一条第六号、第十五条第一項、第五十四条第二項、第五十四条の二第二項及び第五十五条第二項第六号の改正規定、同法第三章第五節中第七十三条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法附則第三条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第四条、第五条及び第十条の規定　公布の日から起算して二年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 the provisions of Article 4 amending the table of contents of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (limited to the part amending "Article 73" to "Articles 73 and 73-2"), the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions amending paragraph (3), item (vi) of that Article, the provisions adding one item after that item, the provisions adding one item after Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 11, item (vi), Article 15, paragraph (1), Article 54, paragraph (2), Article 54-2, paragraph (2), and Article 55, paragraph (2), item (vi) of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 73 in Chapter III, Section 5 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and the provisions of Articles 4, 5, and 10 of the Supplementary Provisions:the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years and six months from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5: 附則第四条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4231-93/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4 - suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5: 第五条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4231-93/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条第一項（確定拠出年金の連合会移換者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第一項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第二項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch defined-contribution-pension-act-20261019T020713-001, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19